Zeugswetter Andreas SB wrote:
>
> > Chris Bitmead <chrisb@nimrod.itg.telstra.com.au> writes:
> > > What about portals? Doesn't psql use portals?
> >
> > No ... portals are a backend concept ...
> >
>
> I think the previous frontend "monitor" did use a portal for the
> selects. The so called "blank portal".
Is'nt the "blank portal" the name of the cursor you get when you just
do a select without creating a cursor ?
> I don't really see any advantage, that psql does not do a fetch loop
> with a portal.
It only increases traffic, as explicit fetch commands need to be sent
to backend. If one does not declare a cursor, an implicit fetch all from
blank is performed.
> Is it possible in psql do do any "fetch" stuff, after doing a
> select * from table ?
only if in a declared cursor, and you can only declare cursor if in a
transaction.
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Hannu